title: [Action of clindamycin on bacteria adhering to plastic materials].
abstract: The coagulase negative staphylococci capable of adhering to solid surfaces have been recognised as aetiological agents of infections associated with the presence of plastic biomedical prostheses. The study of antibiotic activity by traditional in vitro methods has proved unpredictive when applied to this type of infection: we have therefore used a calorimetric technique. Like other antibiotics, clindamycin was not effective in eradicating colonisation of biomedical prostheses. Studies on the activity of the antibiotic used in the prophylaxis of these infections in likely to be more promising.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia dell'Università di Genova.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallero
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Soro
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Schito
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002151:Calorimetry; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010969:Plastics; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics; D002981:Clindamycin
vernacular_title: Attività della clindamicina su batteri adesi alle materie plastiche.